MTS prepares Italian government debt indices for ETFs

Composition of the two families of indices has previously only been distributed on a daily basis, making them inaccessible to index-linked products such as ETFs. The Italian government debt indices will now be calculated by the EuroMTS Index algorithm and published in real-time, every 30 seconds between 9.00 and 17.30 central European time. MTS chief executive Jack Jeffrey explains: "This modernisation of the MTS Italy and ex-Bank of Italy indices will allow us to better serve our customers operating there by providing them with a superb referencing tool for their portfolios, and the ...